IP Law blog

Barnabas Mezo's IP blog dealing with trademarks, designs and domain name issues.

[World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) @WIPO]

Who invented the ballpoint pen🖊️?

In 1888, John Loud patented the first ballpoint pen which worked on wood and leather, but not on paper.

50 years later, László Bíró modified the pen's tip and used ink that dried quickly and didn't smudge: The modern ballpoint pen was bornWho invented the ballpoint pen🖊️?

In 1888, John Loud patented the first ballpoint pen which worked on wood and leather, but not on paper.

50 years later, László Bíró modified the pen's tip and used ink that dried quickly and didn't smudge: The modern ballpoint pen was bornWho invented the ballpoint pen🖊️?

In 1888, John Loud patented the first ballpoint pen which worked on wood and leather, but not on paper.

50 years later, László Bíró modified the pen's tip and used ink that dried quickly and didn't smudge: The modern ballpoint pen was bornWho invented the ballpoint pen🖊️?

In 1888, John Loud patented the first ballpoint pen which worked on wood and leather, but not on paper.

50 years later, László Bíró modified the pen's tip and used ink that dried quickly and didn't smudge: The modern ballpoint pen was bornWho invented the ballpoint pen🖊️?

In 1888, John Loud patented the first ballpoint pen which worked on wood and leather, but not on paper.

50 years later, László Bíró modified the pen's tip and used ink that dried quickly and didn't smudge: The modern ballpoint pen was born.

[IP Law blog @IPLawBlog]

Hell done - feketeleves de mégis világos? Hell done – feketeleves de mégis világos? Leíró jellegű-e a “világos” szó kávétermékekre? Oltalmazható-e európai uniós védjegyként „Hell” szó kávétermékkel kapcsolatban? Az Európai Bíróság egy... https://t.co/slFsVp2fA1

[GRUR International @GrurInt]

In #MilkavBonbonetti the #SupremeCourtofHungary ruled that the defendant's packaging infringed Milka's #colour #trademark. Interestingly, the presence of Bonbonetti's own #TM did not prevent the likelihood of confusion. https://t.co/hsPK6s2qqU

[MARQUES=IP @MarquesIP]

"the transition made by the Board of Appeal from the adjective 'clear' to 'clear roasting' only establishes an indirect link, supposing a reflection, and not a direct and immediate link between the mark requested and the products at issue in the minds of the relevant public"

[MARQUES=IP @MarquesIP]

Is HELL (= "clear" in German) descriptive for coffee etc in class 30?
BoA: Yes
EUGC: No
Yesterday's judgment in Case T‑323/20, Hell Energy Magyarország Kft v EUIPO https://t.co/NkgpMZiGJh (FR/HU) #EUTM

[IP Law blog @IPLawBlog]

INTA Europe Conference 2020 has been kicked off. #INTAMadrid

[World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) @WIPO]

Good news!🎉 Malaysia 🇲🇾 joins WIPO’s International Trademark System: https://t.co/2hbE4XVXLW. With Malaysia, the Madrid System now covers 122 countries. #trademarks

[European Union Intellectual Property Office @EU_IPO]

The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has made its trade mark data available to the #TMview search tool: https://t.co/FojsbdSz1p

TMview global figures:
™️ 54.8 million trade marks
🔎61.5 million searches
🏢 70 IP offices

#EUIPN

[European Union Intellectual Property Office @EU_IPO]

The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has become the 70th IP Office to join #TMview after adding its trade mark data to the search tool: https://t.co/dqob4A43kS

[World Trademark Review @WTR_Alerts]

(2/3) To put this trademark application into context:

Sense & Sensibility (Jane Austen) - 119,394 words

HADEAN trademark application - 117,775 words

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) - 109,571 words

Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban (JK Rowling) - 106,821 words

[World Trademark Review @WTR_Alerts]

(1/3) Is this the world's largest trademark application? A registered EU trademark for the term HADEAN has over 26,000 goods and services, totalling 117,775 words.

[World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) @WIPO]

#Trademark ®️ search 🔎: WIPO’s Global Brand Database adds marks from Uruguay – https://t.co/nlcy7rT2jY. Free search: https://t.co/f3bCDpivTV

[European Union Intellectual Property Office @EU_IPO]

Motion marks 🍃 are a new type of trade mark at EU level, which entered into force with phase II of the Legislative Reform. See some examples: https://t.co/RKautd2IEw

[World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) @WIPO]

#Trademark ™️ search ��: WIPO’s Global Brand Database adds marks from 9 African countries! Botswana 🇧🇼, Eswatini 🇸🇿, Gambia 🇬🇲, Ghana 🇬🇭, Kenya 🇰🇪, Malawi 🇲🇼, Mozambique 🇲🇿, Namibia 🇳🇦, Zimbabwe 🇿🇼: https://t.co/FRhfJfk4eG. Free search: https://t.co/VERaJlVDyh

[IP Law blog @IPLawBlog]

New request for a preliminary ruling from Hungary in the "Gömböc" 3D trademark case (C-237/19). Summary by Aron Laszlo on Kluwer Trademark Blog: https://t.co/wPI0CcGmvQ #preliminaryruling #trademark

[World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) @WIPO]

Albania 🇦🇱 has joined the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. The accession moves the Treaty closer to entry into force, which requires five effective ratifications or accessions. https://t.co/ywzWlTr4GV

[EU Court of Justice @EUCourtPress]

#EUGeneralCourt confirms the invalidity of the adidas EU trade mark (three parallel stripes applied in any direction) https://t.co/fPeheqCcoj

[World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) @WIPO]

Today: #MarrakeshTreaty on access to published works 📚 for blind and visually impaired persons enters into force for Tajikistan – https://t.co/Xs4uklj0fv

[Eleonora Rosati @eLAWnora]

The DSM Directive has now been published on the OJ as Directive 2019/790. Trivia: it's not the longest piece of EU IP legislation, but it's the longest piece of legislation entirely devoted to copyright https://t.co/9vIM36mMrQ

[World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) @WIPO]

Morocco 🇲🇦 joins the Marrakesh Treaty on access to published works 📚 for blind and visually impaired persons: https://t.co/dyBvVaNYSN. More about the #MarrakeshTreaty: https://t.co/R0WX6WFqHq. #copyright